Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Kemp
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1987No. Nos. 84-8327, 84-8342PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
These cases present the question whether by raising an insanity defense, a defendant places intent at issue so that under this court’s decision in Davis v. Kemp, 752 F.2d 1515 (11th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1143, 105 S.Ct. 2689, 86 L.Ed.2d 706 (1985), a Sandstrom 1 error cannot be harmless.
In Bowen v. Kemp, 769 F.2d 672 (11th Cir.1985), vacated, 810 F.2d 1007 (11th Cir.1987), a divided panel of this court reversed the district court’s holding that a Sandstrom error was not harmless. The majority held that once the jury had rejected the defendant’s insanity…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- McCleskey v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by23 opinions
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